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Diary letter by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab, 1913
Includes different topics, such as the importance of the Tarbiyat school; as well as a list of students along with their fathers and patrons
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Letter from Ruha to Mrs. Platt, 1921
Regarding receipt of funds and the general state of education in Persia, as well as the building of a new school in Mt. Carmel
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Group Portrait
Baha’i Girls Class of Mirza Muhammad Labib, in Qazvin; some of them are Esperanto students
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1919
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt; it mentions the bank account and updates about it; how Iranians make Turkish coffee and serve it; and the importane of having a school building of their own
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1920
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt, which mentions her trip to the mountains with lengthy descriptions of the mountains and natural scenery outside of Tehran, how the money sent to the Tarbiat School is being used, the importane of having a school building of their own, and discussions of her Baha’i friends and colleagues
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916
Expresses joy for receiving Mrs. Platt's letter, and discusses the success and progress of the Tarbiyat girls' school, including Mrs. Stewart's great teaching skills for first aid and the body's anatomy; complaints about the school system, like how one out of five men in the school committee is against Mrs. Kappes and makes it difficult for her to teach; the committee asked Mrs. Kappes to take over the school finances but they would not pay for the cost; writing more to the addressee and keeping her posted after Mrs. Kappes meets with the five men this afternoon and when things get settled;...
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1921
Mentions the return of Mrs. Caldwell, her children, and her brother, Mr. DeLambert, to America via India; Mrs. Caldwell will bring the nicest Persian flag made in the school under the supervision of the beloved Mrs. Kappes; and discusses the author's living situation after the death of Mrs. Kappes, and looking up someone the writer used to know in New York who then lived in Los Angeles and lost her husband
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1919
It mentions the Mashriq al-Adhkar meeting and discusses important issues such as a bank account having been opened in the name of the Tarbiyat girls' school; the school tuition for the students and how students who do not have to pay the tuition are lazy and not working hard; suggests that all the students must pay even a small part of the fee; if Mrs. Kappes finds a girl whom she thinks is bright and ambitious, but her parents cannot afford the school fee, she will let you know. She continues to say that most of the children who are not paying the tuition and come from the lower classes...
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Girls and their teachers at the Sar Qabr-i Aqa school, a branch of Tarbiyat school (managed by Dr. Moody); photo taken by Mawlud, daughter of Tayirah Khanum
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